Who We Are

Located in Brooklyn, NY, Kings County Amateur Radio Emergency Service is a volunteer organization of trained amateur radio operators who assist in public service and emergency communications. We are one of the five borough ARES groups which make up New York City District ARES. Additional information about our organization and the other boroughs can be found on the District website.

Meetings/Nets:

We hold meetings in January, March, May, July, September and November on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm at:
250 Baltic Street in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, NY.

Weekly Net every Sunday at 2000 on 446.675 / -5Mhz / PL 114.8 through the generous facilities of the WA2JNF Repeater.

All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to attend any of our Nets or Meetings whether they are a member of ARES or not.

Weekly Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Net every Sunday at 1000 on the KB2RNI Hytera DMR repeater on Local ( 441.15 / +5Mhz / TG 2 / Color Code 1 / Time Slot 2). This net operates as an informal “FREE” or “OPEN” net, and will be moderated by a Net Control Operator whose function will be to simply facilitate a round table discussion about whatever topic the group wishes to cover.

Weekly 1930 Net every Sunday at 1930. This net operates on different frequencies and different modes each week. The purpose of this net is to practice operating under less than ideal conditions that we may encounter during a disaster.

Kings County ARES, is an all-volunteer organization working in collaboration with the New York City District ARES and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL® the National Organization of Amateur Radio Operators), providing radio communications by FCC Licensed Amateur Radio Operators during times of emergency through our served agencies such as the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Brookdale University Hospital, and the National Weather Service’s Skywarn Program.

In addition to providing emergency backup communication support for our served agencies, we have provided communication services for the following community events:

Conducts drills and exercises throughout the year to enable its members to test their deployment and communications equipment capabilities for base, mobile and portable operations.

Maintains effective working relationships with the other four counties that comprise New York City District ARES ® through mutual aid operations, exercises, drills and activations .

Provides, free of charge, our services to community organizations for special events such as parades, walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons and others that may require radio communications to train our members in activation procedures, deployment, net protocols and operations in real time emergency scenarios.

Reviews and revises its procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness in responding to radio emergency communications operations.

Strives to publicize ARES ® activities to increase public and governmental awareness of the group and its capabilities.